ParlInfo Search Tips

Clicking on a specific document record title in the
Search Results screen
will display the document record on the Document
View screen. To move from the Document
View of one record to the Document View
of another record, click on the Prev and Next links on the top
right. To return to the Search Results page, click
on Return to results list or use the Browser
'back' button. Note the changed colour of the hyperlinked title if
the document has been viewed or opened. The Document View
comprises:

a descriptive information (metadata)panel and

a full-text panel

These panels are separated by a central 'expander bar' icon
(triangle).

Full view example where document is a fragment
and has a Table of Contents on the left hand side.

The descriptive information panel typically appears in its
'collapsed' state, which reveals only the document record's
Title and Database. Clicking on
the triangle will reveal all available descriptive information.
Re-clicking on the triangle or pressing Enter will return the
descriptive information panel to its collapsed state. Examples of
descriptive information may include:

Date

Title

Authors

Speakers

Questioners

Source

Parliament Number (where available as metadata)

Note: Hyperlinks exist for specific fields if
the document record is from the Library or Media collections or the
Bills Digest or Library Publications subcollections. Clicking on a
hyperlink will deliver a new search result based on these
collections and will replace the previous search query
completely.

The full-text panel provides a 'quick HTML view' of the document
where you can verify if this is the document that you require.

The icon at the top of this panel allows you to view the native
format of the document or fragment in, for example, PDF or
Word.

To keep this document for future reference, click on Add
to List and this document will be added to
My List.

To save the search query that led to this record being
displayed, click on Save Search. For instructions
on using Permalink, refer to Search
Results information.

Note: There is no full-text panel for Library
Catalogue records which are only descriptive information. As a
result, this panel is open by default for these records only.

All search terms that caused the document record to be retrieved
will be highlighted in the descriptive information and in the
full-text panels.

However, if the document record was retrieved through search
terms that were found only in the descriptive
information panel, there will be no highlighted hits within the
full-text panel, and vice-versa.

If the document record was retrieved by matching search terms in
the full-text panel, a hyperlink 'Go To First Hit'
will appear immediately below the document's title in the full-text
panel. Then, by following this hyperlink, you may traverse a
hyperlink trail of search hits throughout the full-text
representation:

follow a highlighted term's >> hyperlink forward to the
next highlighted hit

Hit highlighting corresponds exactly to all
matching terms in your query. However, the ordering algorithm
Relevance (default) may highlight both the
singular and plural forms of a matching term in the document title.
Also, when a phrase has been used as a search term, individual
words of the phrase will be highlighted separately.

ParlInfo Search pastes your search terms into your Adobe
Acrobat reader (you can check in the URL).
However, Acrobat frequently seems to get them
wrong, although it will generally highlight them correctly.
Acrobat does not handle phrases correctly.

Note:Acrobat will leave its
Search Panel open. You may choose to close this panel, but be aware
that if this is done, hit highlighting in the document will not be
available.

Note: As Adobe Acrobat is an
external product, Acrobat displays are not within ParlInfo Search's
control.